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The Zoom attack you didn't see coming

5 pointsby eatonphil26 days ago

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OkayPhysicist26 days ago
This is only possible because of incredibly negligent notification text. &quot;Remote control of your screen&quot; being given to an application creates <i>wildly</i> different expectations than &quot;remote control of your computer&quot;.<p>A better descriptor would be something like &quot;Caller *name here* would like permission to remotely control your computer. They will be able to view your screen, access your files, and take actions as if they were you&quot;.<p>I swear, with the number of times Zoom has been responsible for security breaches thanks to their fragrantly negligent behavior, you&#x27;d think they&#x27;d put a little bit of thought into things they <i>know</i> are security threats (hence the warning at all.)